Gil Puyat LRT Station

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For the Filipino politician and Senator, see Gil J. Puyat.

Gil Puyat LRT Station
Location	Pasay City
Operational	December 1, 1984
Line	Yellow Line
Platforms	2

	Yellow Line
							Monumento
							5th Avenue
							R. Papa
							Abad Santos
							Blumentritt
							Tayuman
							Bambang
							Doroteo Jose
							Carriedo
							Central Terminal
							United Nations
							Pedro Gil
							Quirino Avenue
							Vito Cruz
							Gil Puyat
							Libertad
							EDSA
							Baclaran

Gil Puyat LRT Station is a station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line (LRT-1). Like all other LRT-1 stations, Gil Puyat station station is above-ground. The station is located in Pasay City and is named because the station lies immediately above Gil Puyat Avenue, more popularly known by its old name, Buendia. The avenue itself is named for Gil Puyat, a late senator and statesman.

Gil Puyat station is the fourth station for trains headed to Monumento and the fifteenth station for trains headed to Baclaran. It is near the famed Cartimar Shopping Center, known particularly for its pet stores, as well a satellite campus of Arellano University and the campus of the Philippine Law School. It is also near the Pasay City Academy and the Manila Sanitarium, presently an Adventist hospital. The EGI Mall and Atrium Suites are also near the station.

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A bus terminal for both city and provincial buses lies beside the station. Buses that ply the Buendia route stop there, as well as buses to Lucena City via Alaminos in Laguna and also to Marinduque. Buses that ply the Taft Avenue route also stop near the station.

There is a Manila MRT station that has the same name but it is located far of the station and it is the old name of the avenue. For those who will go there, take a public or a private transportation.

Taxis, jeepneys and cycle rickshaws also stop near the station, serving commuters that live farther away from the station.

Preceding station	Manila LRT			Following station
Libertad		Yellow Line		Vito Cruz

Coordinates: 14°33′14.86″N, 120°59′49.84″E